Overseas Vietnamese pin high hope on President’s Laos visit
Overseas Vietnamese, businesses, and students who are living, working, and studying in Laos on April 10 lined the streets from Vientiane's Wattay International Airport to welcome President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam, now on an official visit to Laos.
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos arrive at Vientiane's Wattay International Airport early on April 10 to welcome President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamese, businesses, andstudents who are living, working, and studying in Laos on April 10 lined the streets from Vientiane's Wattay International Airporꦗt to welcome President Vo VanThuong and a༺ high-ranking delegation of Vietnam, now on an official visit to Laos.
Nguyen Thi Lan, who has been living in Laos for years, said overseas Vietnamese in Laos are happy at the visit, adding that they hope the President's visit will achieve goodresults that help the Vietnamese community in Laos grow stronger. Waving two national flags of Vietnam and Laos, Tran ThiBich Hoai, an overseas Vietnamese living in Vientiane for nearly 20 years, said she believes Thuong’s visit will help further tighten the specialrelationship between the two countries, helping the Vietnamese community in Laos to be more convenient in doing business in thehost country.
Thousands of local people wave the national flags of Vietnam and Laos, and flowers along the streets from the Wattay international airport to the inner city to welcome the Vietnamese President.(Photo: VNA)
Le Van Mui, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, said that the Vietnamese community in Laos is happy and always looks forward tothe first visit to Laos by the President. President Thuong's official visit, made at the invitationof the General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and Presidentof Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, will last until April 11./.
President Vo Van Thuong’s upcoming visit to Laos will create a strong impetus for enhancing the effectiveness and sustainability of the Vietnam-Laos cooperation and helping the ties become a positive factor in consolidating peace, security, stability and cooperation in Asia and the world, affirmed Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung.
State President Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Laos from April 10-11 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.
Major newspapers of Laos on April 10 ran articles highlighting the upcoming official visit by President Vo Van Thuong to Laos, affirming that it will contribute to deepening the Laos – Vietnam special relations.
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President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Vientiane on April 10 morning, beginning an official visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.
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Overseas Vietnamese in Laos arrive at Vientiane's Wattay International Airport early on April 10 to welcome President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
Thousands of local people wave the national flags of Vietnam and Laos, and flowers along the streets from the Wattay international airport to the inner city to welcome the Vietnamese President.(Photo: VNA) 
